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Charlotte Coen

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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

by George Saunders

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“Dad and the Prof were talking about fighting, the way men do when they're really fighting about talking.”
― Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

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“I didn't then like the thought of my own bones, waiting inside me for their own eventual exposure.”
― Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

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“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

tags: destroy, fire, nature, pity, togetherness, water

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“He would praise her beyond the moon and stars, and that so sweetly and ravishingly, as I persuade myself he was more in love with his own curious forming fancy than her face; and truth is, many become passionate lovers only to win praise to their wits.”
― Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works

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“People will seek to use you or destroy you. If you want to live, you must pick a side. So do not shirk from war, child. Do not flinch from suffering. When you hear screaming, run toward it.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

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